Canada vs Netherlands: Peak birth month each year and the daily birth rate that month
Canada
25.25 births per million people
in 2023
Netherlands
26.88 births per million people
in 2023
Canada rank
27th
Netherlands rank
25th
Peak birth month each year and the daily birth rate that month over time
- Canada
- Netherlands
How they compare
Netherlands currently reports 26.88 births per million people against 25.25 births per million people in Canada, a difference of 1.63 births per million people.
That makes Netherlands's figure about 1.1 times Canada's.
The two have swapped places 12 times across 103 shared years of data; in 1921 it was Netherlands ahead.
Canada ranks 27th and Netherlands ranks 25th of 40 countries.
Across the 11 decades both report, Canada averaged higher in 8 and Netherlands in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Canada | Netherlands | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 60.99 births per million people | 72.63 births per million people | 11.64 births per million people | Netherlands |
| 1930s | 62.34 births per million people | 61.33 births per million people | 1.01 births per million people | Canada |
| 1940s | 73.31 births per million people | 72.06 births per million people | 1.25 births per million people | Canada |
| 1950s | 80.84 births per million people | 62.98 births per million people | 17.86 births per million people | Canada |
| 1960s | 63.9 births per million people | 58.6 births per million people | 5.3 births per million people | Canada |
| 1970s | 45.04 births per million people | 42.81 births per million people | 2.23 births per million people | Canada |
| 1980s | 42.2 births per million people | 35.7 births per million people | 6.5 births per million people | Canada |
| 1990s | 37.97 births per million people | 36.88 births per million people | 1.09 births per million people | Canada |
| 2000s | 31.83 births per million people | 34.38 births per million people | 2.55 births per million people | Netherlands |
| 2010s | 31.12 births per million people | 30.2 births per million people | 0.9189 births per million people | Canada |
| 2020s | 26.82 births per million people | 28.8 births per million people | 1.98 births per million people | Netherlands |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher peak birth month each year and the daily birth rate that month, Canada or Netherlands?
- Netherlands, at 26.88 births per million people against 25.25 births per million people in Canada as of 2023.
- What is the difference in peak birth month each year and the daily birth rate that month between Canada and Netherlands?
- 1.63 births per million people, with Netherlands ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and Netherlands?
- 103 years are reported by both, from 1921 to 2023.
- How do Canada and Netherlands rank globally for peak birth month each year and the daily birth rate that month?
- Canada ranks 27th and Netherlands ranks 25th of 40 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Human Mortality Database (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Peak birth month each year and the daily birth rate that month. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Highest average daily number of births, per million people, recorded in the given year.